Name: ___________________

Quilting in Math!
A quilt is usually made in square sections called blocks. We will be making individual quilt pieces
so that we can make a class quilt we can hang up.

You will hand in your quilt piece, rough draft, communication page and this
piece of paper with the rubric on the back on Tuesday February 17th
Your Task: You will be in charge of creating a quilt piece that utilizes various angles, triangles
and quadrilaterals.

Part One: Design your quilt block

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Your pattern should include only triangles and quadrilaterals: each type of triangle must be
present (right, isosceles, scalene, equilateral)
Use a sheet of lined paper to practice your design. You will need Ms. Smiths signature on
your design in order to get your good paper to begin your quilt block.

Part Two: Good copy

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To reproduce your pattern on a large piece of paper

Use a ruler and a protractor to draw the shapes you used on your early design
Each type of triangle/shape must be in a different color. Ex) right triangles might be in blue
and scalene may be green, quadrilaterals in red etc.

Part Three: Communication

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You will need a legend describing what the colors mean on your design
You will need to pick one of each type of the triangles and one quadrilateral and describe
the angles in the shape (use letters to label the angles)
Measure all the angles and identify the type of each angle
Ex) Angle BCE = 72 and therefore it is an acute angle
Show that the sum of all angles in your triangles is 180 degrees
Show that the sum of all angles in you quadrilateral is 360 degrees

This assignment will provide information on your understanding in

the following stems:

- Computation
- Communication
Mathematical Concepts

Name: ___________________

Measuremen
t of angles

Measurement
s are not
present

Many errors
in measuring,
angles are
missing the
degree
symbol

Several
errors in
measuring,
some angles
are missing
the degree
symbol

Minor errors
in measuring,
all angles
have the
degree
symbol

No errors in
measuring,
all angles
have the
degree
symbol

Identifying
Triangles
and
Quadrilatera
ls

Triangles and
quadrilaterals
are not
identified

Some
triangles are
classified
correctly and
are color
coded in the
legend

Most
triangles are
classified
correctly and
are color
coded in the
legend

Almost all
triangles are
classified
correctly and
are color
coded in the
legend

All triangles
are classified
correctly and
are color
coded in the
legend

Classifying
of angles

Angle
classifications
are not
present
Math showing
the interior
angles in a
triangle is not
present

Some angles
are classified
correctly

Most angles
are classified
correctly

All angles are

classified
correctly

Most of the
math is
incorrect and
does not
show an
understandin
g of the
interior
angles in a
triangle
Most of the
math is
incorrect and
does not
show an
understandin
g of the
interior
angles in a
quadrilateral
Quilt block
shows little
detail and
effort

Most of the
math is
correct and
shows an
understandin
g of the
interior
angles in a
triangle

Almost all
angles are
classified
correctly
Almost all the
math is
correct and
shows a deep
understandin
g of the
interior
angles in a
triangle

Most of the
math is
correct and
shows an
understandin
g of the
interior
angles in a
quadrilateral

Almost all the

math is
correct and
shows a deep
understandin
g of the
interior
angles in a
quadrilateral

All math is
correct and
shows an indepth
understandin
g of the
interior
angles in a
quadrilateral

Quilt block
shows good
detail and
effort

Quilt block
shows great
detail and
effort

Quilt block
shows
immense
detail and
effort

Sum of the
angles in a
triangle

Sum of the
angles in a
quadrilateral

Math showing
the interior
angles in a
quadrilateral
is not present

Quality of
work

Quilt block is
not fully
complete or
shows poor
detail and
effort

All math is
correct and
shows an indepth
understandin
g of the
interior
angles in a
triangle

Name: ___________________